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Reserves/Text books

s1: so right now i can maybe borrow some required book. right now, i'm taking accounting 304 intermediate accounting class, and i realized i can borrow the book at the front desk for two hours. before past quarter, i have no idea i can borrow it.

At least three students didn't know that textbooks may be available through the library. Two students expressed not knowing about reserves; others talked about not knowing that they could get textbooks (possibly through I-Share; through checkout).

We know this is a common question and we have heard tour guides state that students can check out textbooks from the library when the are giving tours. There is a blog post on The Full Text written by Jill King, April 2013. Is the information in this blog post current/correct? If it isn't, should another post be written? What other places can this information surface in our communication with transfer students?

Reserves/Text books

s2: yeah, i didn't know about being able to borrow your textbooks for a couple hours. and i guess when you think about it, because i used to work at a library, and

librarians can help you with so much more than research papers.

Reserves/Text books

s5: yeah, i would definitely agree with that because it gets expensive. and if i could have gotten it somewhere else or just known about it.

Reserves/Text books

s2: that's awesome. that would really have been nice to know before i bought all my books.

Reserves/Text books

s5: yeah, i would definitely agree with that because it gets expensive. and if i could have got it somewhere else or just known about it.

Chat s2: i didn't know about that, the website with the chat thing. Do they have mobile service on there?

At least one student didn't know about the chat service.

Here is another opportunity for additional marketing - there is a blog post that includes IM chat as a way to connect with a librarian and ask for research help (October 2016). But, how do we surface and repeat and advertise these services where the students are -- classes, study groups, peer groups, email news communication sent via Transfer student distribution list?

Equipment to check out

s5: as a history student or like if you are in digital media or whatever, and you need to use those computers or you need to use those game consoles or whatever... i had no idea that was there because it’s not something i do.

One student didn't realize that she could check out game consoles from the library.

There is a blog post announcing this service (September 2015). Is this information current/correct? We could share this with marketing/outreach committee. Where are the

services/resources of the library being advertised across campus? Is there a way to create a slide on flat screen monitors to share this resource/service with students?

Tips for Majors s5: yeah, i like that because id

d all of my gen-eds at my community college. soi went straight into just like research, heavy resear. so i felt like right off the bat i was like, i need that information. and i'd think orientation sometimes would be stressful especially for everyone--not everyone uses the resources that i use or other majors use, but having like a pamphlet or something or like someone telling you ' you should probably know these things"

One student expressed that she would have liked to know about library resources useful for her major.,

Interesting to consider specific outreach to majors as another marketing strategy with the goal of connecting them with the Research Guides. Do we have stats about how often Research Guides are consulted?

Library Policies

s1: before i asked the librarian, i didn't know the book i borrowed, i can renew it by myself.

Students wish they had known more about circulation policies-specifically renewing and recall of books.

Policies are always challenging - information about borrowing is on the website; "point-of-need"?

Library Policies

s3: i wish that i had been told about the recall policy, because i didn't know that was even a thing. when i was doing my research project, i had a book that i had requested and picked up and was still using. my research project wasn't yet due, and i had a notification saying it was recalled. and i was kind of confused and trying to talk to the librarians about why it was recalled and what that even meant. i still needed it for my research project, and i'm still a little bit fuzzy, ‘cause i didn't think that was ... it might be different at a university library, but at a public library someone can't, at least from my experience, have jurisdiction and be like "bring your book back, I want it"

Citation s1: for me, my first research paper, i don't even know what the cover page is and how to cite the study, maybe, in mla format. so, my first quarter in depaul, i was transferred from china, where there is not cover letter or anything i learned before. and then i have no idea if our librarian can help us or the writing center, so my first quarter i didn't use any resources on campus. that's why i got not good grades

Two students mentioned needing help with how to cite sources. One student thought the library might be a good resource for help with this.

Another marketing opportunity? "how-to-guide" is available on the website

Citation s2: so i guess my first research paper, kind of research paper i would say, was in my mass communication class. i'm not exactly sure what the research question was, but we had to use footnotes which i had not

idea what that was.